Research Catalog

Title

Frank Wigglesworth papers, 1895-1996.

Author

Wigglesworth, Frank, 1918-1996.

Supplementary Content

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Details

Additional Authors

• Arma, Paul, 1905-1987.
• Biscardi, Chester
• Bonnemere, Eddie, 1921-1996.
• Brooks, Richard, 1942-
• Cage, John
• Chenoweth, Gerald, 1943-
• Cone, Edward T.
• Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965.
• Cowell, Sidney Robertson
• De Kenessey, Stefania Maria, 1956-
• Einbond, Aaron, 1978-
• Godfrey, Daniel
• Hagen, Daron, 1961-
• Halac, José.
• Harrison, Lou, 1917-2003.
• Ito, Reiko
• Kolb, Barbara
• Luening, Otto, 1900-1996.
• Maggio, Robert
• Maroney, Denman
• Martin, Henry, 1950-
• Mason, Lucas
• Owen, Richard, 1922-
• Phillips, Peter, 1930-
• Post, David L.
• Rakowski, David
• Rieti, Vittorio, 1898-1994.
• Rush, Loren, 1935-
• Salzberg, Marvin, 1931-
• Sembret, John
• Sendak, Maurice
• Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965.
• Temperley, Davy
• Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
• Varèse, Edgard, 1883-1965.
• Wilson, Brian
• Ziffrin, Marilyn J., 1926-2018.
• Zwilich, Ellen Taaffe, 1939-

Description

23.75 linear ft. (95 boxes)

Summary

The Frank Wigglesworth Papers document Wigglesworth's life and career. The collection was assembled by Wigglesworth over the course of his lifetime, and includes musical scores, correspondence, clippings, programs, miscellaneous papers, iconography, and books. Correspondents include Henry and Sidney Cowell, Lou Harrison, Otto Luening, Virgil Thomson, and Edgard Varèse among many others. Maurice Sendak and Adlai Stevenson are represented by one letter each. Lou Harrison's letter of February 12, 1952, contains the autograph score of his Serenade for Guitar, spontaneously composed for Wigglesworth. Series A/4 contains other autograph scores by Harrison and by Otto Luening, a manuscript score by Vittorio Rieti, and reproductions of manuscript scores by Paul Arma, Chester Biscardi, Edward V. Bonnemere, Richard Brooks, John Cage, Gerald C. Chenoweth, Edward T. Cone, Stefania M. De Kenessey, Aaron Einbond, Daniel S. Godfrey, Daron Aric Hagen, Jose Halac, Reiko Ito, Barbara Kolb, Robert Maggio, Denman Maroney, Henry Martin, Lucas Mason, Richard Owen, Peter Phillips, David L. Post, David Rakowski, Loren Rush, Marvin Salzberg, John Sembret, Davy Temperley, Virgil Thomson, Brian Wilson, Marilyn Ziffrin, and Ellen Taafe Zwilich. Sound recordings originally with the collection are now housed in the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.

Subjects

• American Music Center
• Books
• New York Youth Symphony
• Harrison, Lou, 1917-2003
• Portrait photographs
• Composers Recordings, Inc
• MacDowell Colony, Inc
• Composers' Forum (U.S.)
• Virgil Thomson Foundation
• American Composers Alliance
• Luening, Otto, 1900-1996
• Chamber Music Conference and Composers' Forum of the East
• Programs
• Clippings
• Greenwich House Music School
• New School for Social Research (New York, N.Y.)
• Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965
• Appointment books
• Music
• Photographic prints
• Varèse, Edgard, 1883-1965
• American Academy in Rome
• Correspondence
• Century Association (New York, N.Y.)
• Group portraits
• Scores
• Broadcast Music, inc
• Cowell, Sidney Robertson
• Drawings
• Silver gelatin prints
• Composers
• Wigglesworth, Frank, 1918-1996
• Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989

Genre/Form

• Appointment books.
• Books.
• Clippings.
• Correspondence.
• Group portraits.
• Music.
• Portrait photographs.
• Programs.
• Scores.
• Drawings.
• Photographic prints.
• Silver gelatin prints.

Source (note)

• englatitafregerspa

Biography (note)

• Frank Wigglesworth (1918-1996) was an American composer, educator, and champion of new music.

Language (note)

• Chiefly in English ; also contains material in Latin, Italian, French, German, Spanish, Greek, and Polish.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

• Finding aid available in the repository.

Processing Action (note)

• Cataloged

Call Number

JPB 97-44

OCLC

NYPW99-A151

Author

Wigglesworth, Frank, 1918-1996.

Title

Frank Wigglesworth papers, 1895-1996.

Biography

Frank Wigglesworth (1918-1996) was an American composer, educator, and champion of new music.

Language

Chiefly in English ; also contains material in Latin, Italian, French, German, Spanish, Greek, and Polish.

Indexes

Finding aid available in the repository.

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Finding Aid

Occupation

Composers.

Added Author

Arma, Paul, 1905-1987.

Biscardi, Chester.

Bonnemere, Eddie, 1921-1996.

Brooks, Richard, 1942-

Cage, John.

Chenoweth, Gerald, 1943-

Cone, Edward T.

Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965.

Cowell, Sidney Robertson.

De Kenessey, Stefania Maria, 1956-

Einbond, Aaron, 1978-

Godfrey, Daniel.

Hagen, Daron, 1961-

Halac, José.

Harrison, Lou, 1917-2003.

Ito, Reiko.

Kolb, Barbara.

Luening, Otto, 1900-1996.

Maggio, Robert.

Maroney, Denman.

Martin, Henry, 1950-

Mason, Lucas.

Owen, Richard, 1922-

Phillips, Peter, 1930-

Post, David L.

Rakowski, David.

Rieti, Vittorio, 1898-1994.

Rush, Loren, 1935-

Salzberg, Marvin, 1931-

Sembret, John.

Sendak, Maurice.

Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965.

Temperley, Davy.

Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.

Varèse, Edgard, 1883-1965.

Wilson, Brian.

Ziffrin, Marilyn J., 1926-2018.

Zwilich, Ellen Taaffe, 1939-

Wigglesworth, Frank, 1918-1996. Works. Selections.

Research Call Number

JPB 97-44